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Jericho Brown

Jericho Brown (born April 14, 1976) is an American poet and writer. Born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, Brown has worked as an educator at institutions such as the University of Houston, the University of San Diego, and Emory University. His poems have been published in ''The Nation'', ''New England Review'', ''The New Republic'', ''Oxford American'', and ''The New Yorker'', among others. He released his first book of prose and poetry, ''Please'', in 2008. His second book, ''The New Testament'', was released in 2014. His 2019 collection of poems, ''The Tradition'', garnered widespread critical acclaim.

Brown has won several accolades throughout his career, including a Whiting Award, an American Book Award, an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Provided by Wikipedia